Stop those annoying pests! You can grow plants that repel mosquitoes around your home and garden! Download the file below and have fun growing plants and gaining peace.

I love how scavenged objects can be the catalysts for creative and practical projects. Costing just $1, this solar shower water heater lets me take comfy outdoor showers where water is needed for the gardens using just one gallon of either rain or tapwater. Enjoy creating your own dumpster treasures!

The folks at LEDsafari are doing some great work using a very simple method. They use a cell phone battery with the electronics removed, an LED, a switch and a small solar cell to build a low cost solar lamp.Little by little their method is getting a bit more sophisticated. LEDsafari is now adding a diode to keep the battery from sending power to the solar cell and burning it up. Also, a resistor is added to limit the current the battery delivers to the LED so it lasts longer. Total cost is about $2.00.

A thermoelectric generator uses the concept of difference in temperature between two materials to create electricity. So could this technology be adapted to make a thermoelectric generator at home? As a matter of fact one can quite easily, though the efficiency of such a generator is no going to be terribly high, it certainly can be put to practical use

You can make an effective biomass rocket stove. If the bricks get wet/rained on, the water gets trapped inside the heat from the fire will build up steam in those water pockets, then the bricks, blocks and or rocks will explode. Keep them dry.﻿ Use clay bricks as the concrete bricks may explode..

Step by step instruction on how to make the cheapest and easiest rain barrel. Learn as I make it in real time. You'll be able to find a food-grade barrel in your area and make one of these for real cheap. The parts are available at hardware and irrigation stores.

Why is it important to know how to structure water? Structured water is ancient. It is the water given by the creator to sustain and support life here on earth. When you know how to structure water or how to make structured water, you are applying the ultimate water treatment, and water purification technology. When you make structured water you are making water that has a non-chemical natural water softening effect. Your water can now do what it is intended to do. It can now protect and promote life when you use this structured water hydration technology. You have made vibrant vital water.

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Windowfarms let you grow food year-round inside while maximizing space. They are vertical food-growing gardens that use a dirt-free technique called hydroponics. You can buy a kit or build your own using low-impact or recycled local materials. Having a windowfarm is more about the activity and experience of windowfarming, these are living systems, not just a pretty thing to look at.

Make your food your medicine and make medicine your food when you use garlic in your cooking and applying directly to a wound or skin irritation. Herbal remedies are good for your health. Homemade minced garlic will help your immune system get stronger. A child's hurting ears can be helped with a drop of garlic oil.

Malaria is extremely common and a serious disease that causes chills, shivering and high fever. You can get infected from a bite by a malaria parasite carrying mosquito. Malaria is most commonly found in Africa, Southern Asia, South America and Central America. The elderly, children and people with lower levels of immunity are a greater risk. Early diagnosis and anti-malarial medication will help in effective treatment of malaria.

Traditional cultures in various parts of the world have long used Moringa in their herbal medicine repertoire for ailments ranging from gout to various inflammations and fevers. Every part of the Moringa tree has been used effectively against varying ailments. Some of the remedies are described here but there is no guarantee they will work for every case!

homemade evaporative cooler. cools surrounding air up to 30F. great for keeping cool in the summer. very easy to make. for use in dry climates. works best outdoors. fan and misting tube is all that is needed. (4" extension nozzles are optional). how it works? the process of evaporation requires heat. as water evaporates it removes heat from the air.

A step by step guide showing how to convert a smartdrive washing machine into a pelton wheel dc generator making 780 watts, the power is fed into a small battery bank & inverter - generating enough power to live off the grid. All you need is a head of water. I am using water from my stream to spin the turbine.

How to make a "FOUR BLOCK" Rocket Stove! Easy DIY. Four concrete blocks is all it takes to make it!. Cost $5.16. video shows you how to put it together. the stove funnels all its heat up under the bottom of the pan. uses very little fuel. fueled by small sticks, twigs and leaves. cooks great. wind and rain resistant

Instructions on how to make a candle heater. The radiator collects and concentrates the heat from the candle flame and then gently radiates the heat into your room. It conserves energy and saves money.

Watch my micro hydro generator system produce 12 amps/ 30 volts at 170 rpms. No pullys direct drive. Low rpm permanent magnet Generator. I build these as a hobby and have sold a few. To see it used on a water wheel go to glowinglasscreations. This generator will last for generations will little maintenance. The bearings and parts are common. Mine is over 12 years old and I have only had to put grease in it once a year.

We understand that reading is the simplest way for human to derive and constructing meaning in order to gain a particular knowledge from a source. This tendency has been digitized when books evolve into digital media equivalent – E-Books.

DIY Indoor Gardening is a growing trend among inner city living. Also knows as Winter Gardening or Apartment Gardening this DIY Project is a fast, effective and cheap way of having a garden ready to plant for the spring/summer season that you can even eat!

A detailed guide to treating common illnesses with nutritional supplements, herbs, and holistic medicine, this 273-page FREE eBook doubles as a natural health encyclopedia. It covers everything from aches to yeast infections, and includes hyperlinks that direct the reader to additional information and treatment product sources. Download it today!